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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13
4 story OF Kisses.

One Of our most eminent stage
heroes vas r~aycllug by train IN
S...rEer5.. S.. a. ..v weeks ago.
Cruge d, hi1r sat q couple of hand
come vo--- ladies, who not only
f1'rlv stared .im out Of confluence,
aut made linn the topic of their wEls-
5.cead cos versatiCn.
IEa.terad at first by their delicate
attention. the actor Cood-humoredlY
submitted to it, but in the long run
he began to grow tired Of " this
sort of thing" and determined to put
a stop t. it. When IN the tunnel, be-
fore reaching Lausanne, he imprinted
a few audible kisses on the back of
his hand.
After the train emerged from the
tunnel the actor sat calm and i'm
passive as if nothing had happened,
while the ladies first stared at each
other and then began series Of
mutual recrimiDations on the enormitv
of their conduct in taking such
liberties with the hero of the foot
lights.
OF course, each blamed the other,
and the dispute lasted until the train
stopped at Lausanne.
Before leaving the carriage the actor
bowed to the ladies', hat in hand, and
said:
" Ladies, the great attention you
bestowed on me during the journey
makes me naturally anxious to learn
which of you gave me in the tunnel
so striking a proof Of your affec-
tion?"
He did not wait for reply, but left
the ladies to their rehectiOns.- Berlin
Tagblatt.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13

J. 7. Walter, master Of train services
of the Louisville and l,Gslvl-lo Rail
road, has q dog he values highly. The
doE is a svfoUudl-ud, EaJ las been
RAJ zl t- lis owner from a small
puppy. Sir. Walter has q lttle rirl
W.J is I .l Of the animal, ana tlC
affection between the two is interest
ing.
A few mornings since the little girl
was left in the room alone bv a large
fire in the CRATE. She went too near the
blaze, and the dog opened the door
and entered. He went to her and
began to pull her away by catching her
clothing in his teeth.
The two companions played about
the room for some time, until the little
child grew tired and sleepy. She went
too near the fire again, and the dog
could not get her away. He pulled at
her clothes for some time, but could
not arouse her.
He then hurried to her mothers room
and began to act strangely by rubbing
against her hand and catching her
dress, pulling her towards the door.
She caressed him and told him
to go away and find little Nellie.
He made o strange whining noise
with his mouth and then slowly walked
back to where the little one was
sleeping, unconscious of her great
danger.
The dog made another attempt to
rouse her and failed. He then crouched
down beside her, between her and the
fire, taking care to protect her well.
Mrs. Walter entered the room few
minutes later and found the noble
dog in this position whining and cry
ing, while the hair was being singed
from his back.
Little Nellie was sleeping sweetly.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13
Manners for Boys.

In the street-Hat lifted when saying
"Good-bv," or "How do you dO?'
Also when offering a lady a seat, or ac-
kn6wledging a favor.
Keep step with anyone you walk
with. Always precede lady upstairs,
but ask If you shall precede her IN
going through a crowd or public place.
At the street door-Hat of the mo-
ment you step into private hall or
Office.
Let lady pass first always, unless
she asks you to precede her.
In the parlor-Stand till every lady
IN the room, also older people, are
seated.
Rise if a lady enters the room after
yoa are seated, and stand till she takes
a seat.
Look people straight in the face
when they are speaking to you.
Let ladies pass through doorway
first, standing aside for them.
In the dining-room-Take your seat
after ladies and elders.
Never play with your knife, ring or
spoon.
Do not take your napkin up in g
bunch in your hand.
Eat as fast or as slow as others, and
finish the course when they do.
Do not ask to be excused before
the others unless the reason is impera-
tive
Rise when the ladies leave the room,
and stand till they are out.
If all go together, the gentle-len
stand by the door till the ladies pas
Special rules for the mouth-Sm. k
ing the lips and all noise should be
avoided.
If obliged to take anything from the
mouth, cover it with your hand or
napkin.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13
A WOMAN'S OPINION OF WOMEN.
Modest MANHOOD Put to the Blush.

'Id far rather have business dealings
with a mean kind of man than
with a fair specimen of a woman.
Fo" l should get, I'm sure, much bet
ter treatment fr m HIM than |
would from her," said woman to me
the other day-an intelligent woman
an attractive wOman-a kind-heaTted
woman, but given, perhaps, as most
of her sex are, to exuggerating a
little.
In making the remark I have quoted,
however, she was really IN earnest,
and after she had gone home 1 sat
thinking it over for nearly an hour.
And after thinking it over for that
length of time L came to the con-
clusion-dOn't let your arrows all
there was a good deal of truth
in it.
I looked back and reviewed my
literary experience and found that the
only time / had ever been treated with
rudeuess, downright, unprOy oked, un-
deserved Tudeness, women had been
the CtfeldeTs-wOmen who occupied
editorial chairs and who seemed to
think that all who approached them
should do SO with fear and
trembling.
Ga tie other hand the greatest
kiuluesses I have ever known have
been extended to me by men in like
positions.
l call to mind one now. with tears
in my eyes and an ache in my
heart, for I've long ceased to hope that
I ever shall look upon his kindly
face again, who was the gentlest and
most patient of beings, and who always
had, IN spite of his many cares, a
word of encouragement and good
cheer for q beginner In his pro-
fessiOn.
So in shopping, too-as far as I
have observed, for I never " shop "
unless compelled TONNE out of
ten of the women clerks treat the
woman buyer with impertiuence.
Sometimes it is yelled impertinence
hut ottener it is quite undis-
guised.
have stood in one of our finest
stores and heard one of the girls
there employed make remarks-un-
comp HlI...uLary Temarks-abOut my
apF.u-Gce to another while staring
me boldly in the face.
And L have had the " fore-lady
-Gctostahlo word Of American coinage
of another establishment cOClly
il ish strain of n song she was
ImmiHc before deigning to answer my
civil question.
1ton don't 10 these things They
show more isference to q ricllv-lrCssed
woman than tleydo TO one To.rly-cla1,
Il Is true, bu5 that is also q f.a--" VIII
the losr of their sister clerks, and IN
f..., v..h almost ell the world, lat
&. arc not, except in isolated cases,
T. cE-i-p pertinent.
YES. L am obliged TO confess that
occor..ag to my experience women
a~a. as a general thing, unjust to
women. And am convinced that
. & nnen compelled TO wait until one
DID,: .t.- -r-l Ter place shove me held
e. land. J slouil l-ve esiIl
yegI a. SO foot cft.o ladder iu- toad Of
well. on the second round.-[De-
tIoit Free Press.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13
OUR DEAD.

Nothing is our own. We hold our
pleasures
just little while, ere they are fed;
One by one liferobs us Of our treasures
Nothing is our own except our dead.
They are ours, and hold in faithful
keeping
Safe forever all they took away;
Cruel life can never stir that sleeping;
Cruel time can never seize that prey.
How the little children leave Us, and
no traces
Linger of that smiling angel band;
Gone, forever gone, and in their places,
Weary men and anxious women stand.
Yet we have some little ones still ours;
They have kept the baby smile, we
know,
Which we kissed one day and hid with
flowers,
On their dead, white faces long ago.
Is love ours, and do we dream we
Bound with all our heart-strings as
our own?
And cold and cruel dawn may show it
Shattered, desecrated, Overthrown.
Only the dead hearts forsake US never;
Love that to deaths loyal care has
fled
Is thus cOusecrated ours forever,
And no change can rob US OF our dead.
Il All the Year Round.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13
Little Points on Introduction.

The custom of Withdrawing the
glove In handshalzing is now a thing
OF the past. 1t had its oririn in the
knight of the olden time taking off his
iron gauntlet so as not to hurt his
lady's hand and has gradually be-
come an obsolete fashion, though
one yet sees q gentleman who con-
siders it only due q lady that
he should give her his bare hand.
A young lady told me that she in
CURED the displeasure of q provincial
acquaintance because she merely
bowed instead of shaking hands
with a group of girls with some of
whom she had but slight acquaintance,
when entering parlOr at a country
afternoon sea.
They called it putting on airs"
when in fact it was their own ignorance
of the social necessities Of the occasion
that was at fault. But the provincial
shaking as part of the code of
manners.
Yet at this same gathering nv
friend said the young people did not
seem to see any impoliteness in
whispering or giggling in the room,
or rudely staring at any dress that
differed from their own style.
What very trying ordeal, too, is
the loud-voiced greeting, where your
hand is held and inquiry made after
your welfare and that of your family
so as to be heard all over the
room.
a mistake often made in social
greetings is that Of introducing lady
to gentleman, which is the reverse of
correct.
When the sex is the same, in
troduce the one you consider inferior
in social position or by reason
of youth, to the superior or
older.
When introduced it is etiquette to
bow, but not to shake hands, and it
is optional with a lady to recog-
nize the gentleman at the next
meeting.
1 think I could easily tell firt
if I saw her shake hands, from the
method of that character to linger over
every hand as if that particular one
came nearest her affections
In fact there Is much to be learned
of human nature in the methods
of social gatherings.-[ [Christian at
Work.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13
THE MnRMoNs IN IDAHO.
Their Diligence in Making Converts and
Virtually EnslavinG VI len and W omen.

Their Diligence in Making Converts and
Virtually Enslaving Men and Women.
" See that Iong-haired patriarchal-
looking gentleman with the san timo-
uiOls uuleuaUce 3" remarked "a friend
Of mine. uul-iu- me with his elbow as
the Individual IU guesJI. u lTu- he'd 20. US
on the -ldawa k of the priu.ii al street in
town, evidently III "a hurry about some
Yes, replied, land whom the world
is he?"
"Whv, that Is a brother of the notori-
Gus Major JrumhO, who was until few
weeks ago the biggest Mormon in all
Idaho.
.tWeIl, and why isn't Major Trumbo
the biggest Mormon IN al Idaho to-day Z"
I inquired.
''Why because you see Major Trumbo
passed in his checks, so TO speak, "a short
time since, leaving four or live wives aud
a couple of dozen children To mourn his
uutImrly end. This fellow is bro her
OF IrumbO defu. CT. and he IS trying 10
step ut0 the late ma Ior's shoes
'.What is he doing IN Miles City p 1
asked my Informant.
Oh. he's up here on a prOselyting trip,
looking Tor converts
But why does he come here in the
new northwest with his missionary work
where women are SO scarce ana GJ a pre-
MUM 70
why. bless your innocent soul, ans
wered my friend, the new northwest IS
one of the most fru tful fields in he
whole wurll Tor pros alytiuE to the Nor
mon faith. lie Is after the men aS well
as the women. Don L you know that the
Mormon mi-siunar - make annual pill
griuages al. through Montana. Idaho and
Dakota, eu0cavOTIu- To trap, not the old
er residents and settlers, not the cow
bOys OF Americans, but the new arrivals
from NORWAY. Sweaeu, Denmark, Ger
many an other parts Of the world ?"
To own the truth. / uIdu know Il,
but ! found such was actua ly the case,
The iLducemcut offered % the girls and
vo,7nr- WOMEN h. home and a husband
and To lie men a farm or a start III some
kind of business.
Nowonder the poor ignorant foreigners
are 50 wOfully taken in. They can
scarcely comprehend our language, but
are made to understand enough OF it 10
snap AT the bait ald in their ignOr-
auce to embrace MormOnism and ali its
horrors.
To be sure. the females are given hus-
bands ur, at least, part of a husband,
and the males ge a farm, the title OF
which remains forever vested in the
church
So long as the men remain Mormons
they may keep the farm IN peace. but
once turn from the church. the title 10y
some arrau-em eut, escheaJS to bishop
or an elder, and the poor miserable
wretch is given tie grand bounce.
For the female converts 10 is a life OF
never ending slay cry, worse than the
customs among our own tribes OF red
men, whore the squaws DO all the work,
in fact the euu.r- labor connected " tn
an Indian village, while the lazy bucks
look on and smoke Their pipes in con-
tented idIeness.-L New Orleans lines
Democrat.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13
DIET AND DYSPEPSIA.
Valuable Suggestions For Those who Wish
to Maintain or Regain Health.

Valuable Suggestions For Those who wish
to Maintain or Regain Health
Most authorities are of opinion that
cheese Is iudigestible. vet even on this
point doctors cannot agree.
a distinguished French chemist has
suggested that, to make cheese di-
gcstible, q quarter of an ounce of
potash should be added to every pound
Of cheese; while a German chemist has
experimental upon several kinds of
focd-such as cheese, meat, milk and
eggs-and he boldly declares that
cheese is no more indigestihle than
meat and many other articles Of
diet.
Suppers are usually condemned
Some doctors assert that suppers are
not only unnecessary, but posi-
lively harmful; that sound sleep
cannot be obtained after them,
and that three meals a day are
sufficient.
On the other hand, others are Of
opinion that a light supper Is necessary
to procure sound sleep. After "a meal,
they say, blood is drawn toward the
stomach to supply the juices needed in
digestion. Hence the brain receives
less blood than during fasting, becomes
pale, and the powers become dormant.
Sleep, therefore, ensues.
a doctor SAYS that recently he was
called at , a. NJ to a lady who assured
him that she was dying. The body
was warm, he says, the heart doing
honest work. To her Indignation he
ordered buttered bread to be eaten at
once Obeyiug, the " dying woman
was soon surprised by a return of life
and desire to sleep.
Mix is generally considered a pecul-
iarlv uutritIve 8uid-indeed, a perfect
fOOd-and therefore suitable for per
sons of ali ages when 1t agrees with
their st0machs; vet no less an authority
than Sir Henry Thomson states that
'' for Us who have long ago achieved
our full growth and can thrive on
solid food it is altogether super
fiuous and mostly mischievous as
drink"
He also says that the primary
object of drinking is to satisfy
thirst, and that water is more power
ful to tins end when employed free
from admixture with any solid ma
terial. Chocolate, thick cocoa, or even
milk, are therefore not so eff
caciOus IN allaying thirst as
water.
"S So plentiful is nutriment," he
adds, " that the very last place whore
we should seek that quality Is the
drink which Accompanies the ordinary
meal"
In this respect, at any rate,
Sir Henry Thomson is at one
with the vegetarians.- All the Year
Round.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13
To Make Clothing Waterproof.

It is found that when paraffine is
thoroughly mixed with inseed oil,
cast into small blocks, and cooled,
it may be used to make any fabric,
as clothfelt, and leather, waterproof,
by rubbing it with such a block,
and ironing afterward to equalize the
distribution of the material in the
pores.
If too much is not put on, the
material may be made to be only
impervious to water, but not to air,
the small greasy pores repelling water,
but not air.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13
A DIAMOND STORY.
The Advantage Of Being Poor and Oh
scure Illustrated.

.fAEr Ali4olEtttEus
1t appears. according to a story told
by a member of the Connecticut IcCis-
lature, that q gentleman who does bust
ness in New York is the superintendent
of the Sunday School of one of the
churches In the members town.
This gentleman had a diamond stud
that flashed astonishinglv as he stood
before the scholars 1t was their adj
miratiou, and if he had the sin of
pride 1t was centered IL that jewel.
But one Sunday the stone was missed.
It was worth $500, and no searching,
no temptation in the way Of reward,
could discover 1t, and IL was given up
as lost. That was about a year ago.
A few months after the diamond was
lost the colored ianitor. in al the pride
of his race, appeared In q faring scarf
IN which glstened a stone As The
janitor was not supposed to be rich
enough 10 reveI in diamonds. " hite folks
thought he had been extremely lucky
in buying q 2J-cent Rhine stone,
but the colOred ladies declared that
Joseph was spruciug up mighty fine,
and wOre the most gorgeous lewelry
Ia town.
It SO happened that one day Joseph
had occasion to converse for few
moments with the Sunday School super
inteudeut Pretty soon he obs rvad that
the supermta ndeut's eve was fN-d I'm a
steady stare upon the scarf. Eut that
his mind seemed to be distracted.
At last he said: "Joe, that's a very
bright piece of glass you wear. Where
did YOU get it2"
q found it.
"Touud i'll Where?"
q found it on the floor Of the church
when / was sweeping out year ago"
"In the church, a year ago? Let me
see it."
Joe pulled off the scarf. and the bust
ness man looked intently at the stone
for q moment.
"Wby. that's my diamond. That's
worth $500. Have you been wearing
it ali this time?"
Your diamond True as I'm living
I found that on the carpet, and picked
1t up and nut it on the window sill. by
the door. spectiug Il anybody lost it
he'd come and find it. Il was here
about six months, and nobody didn't
come and take 1t, so ! thought it
waru't of no account, and Just put 1t
on myself"
Well. Joe, if some people In this
town had thought you were wearing d
genuine 5pp-dollar diamond they might
have robbed you, perhaps killed you
to get it.
:. 'Spa.ts they might. There's some
advm-a. in being poor man. Gsliy!
to tLiua j have been wearing q JJJ- dol
lar diamond an this timeP
Joe's story was proved on lnvestlga-
tiou t. be correct.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13
Tragedy of the Big Horn.

A Shoshone Indian Just in from Bic
Horn reports finding, short time ago
at the base OF a precipice, the skeleton
of a man and a silver-tip bear. The
bones lay within each other 8 embrace.
and the living bodies had eviIcalv.
claspod in a death grip, fallen from the
dizzy edge far above.
The bones OF the man were herculean
in size, and the silver-tip or Rocky
Mountain grizzly had been one Of the
largest Of ats kind Both of the power
ful frames were badly broken, and bean
and man We're doubtless instantly I.iIlsE
by the fearful fall A rusty huutiua
knife, with a buckhorn handle, lay amid
the ribs of the grizzly [CheyonRt
Tubuna
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13
Important to Non-swimm rs.

One of the best directions to avoid
drowning is:
g Lock the hands b hind the back full
ly initiate the lungs and close the mouth"
A Ch cagO gentleman once gave these
dir cti ms to his da ghter, and two or
three weeks ago while she was rowing
on Lake Michigan her boat capsized, and
she was only saved from drowning by
following this rule.
As she observed its directions, she went
under but q short distance and upon
reaching the surface she hOated until a
boat put out f. ON shore and rescued her.
-TBOston Journal.
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Truth stranger Than Fiction.

SO long back as 1871, William Nichols
lost n ship on a reef Of one Of the New
Helides Islands. He chartered a cutter
to 20 to the rescue OF his vessel, and
hired Frederick MaddOcks as his master
Arrived at Epi, the island where the
wreck occurred, the vessel was found
intact. Nichols landed, and while he
was on shore Maddocks succeeded in
getting the vessel off the reef and sailed
away with her, leaving her owner alone
IN the midst of savages.
A stray vessel picked Nichols mp and
brought him back to civilization, and,
after fourteen years, he stands in the
box confronting Maddocks in the dock.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13

A New York drummer spends a good
deal of his time on the road, much to
the annoyance of his wife
he was at home a few davs ago,
but told har that L- aul6 have to
leave again. She objected very ear
nestly, O. which be replied.
I've got 90 go On this riD. Il IS
absolutely necessary. You see every
thing has got two sides.
Except your letters 90 me when
YOU are ON the road. They have only
got one side.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13
Finance and Religion.

Chicago has taken to calculating the
cost of conversions.
At a recent meeting of Methodist
ministers it was shown that every con-
version effected in the Rock River
conference last year cost S431, while
six South Side churches expended
500, 900 last year, and had Just one
hundred converts to show.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13

A Pittsburgh builder Of cheap houses
uses matched flooring instead of laLh
and plaster. On this COttOn cloth is
glued, and on the cloth wall paper Is
pasted.
THIS he claims is better and cheaper
than pla- er, and thus Lousls can be
built safely in cold weather.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13
A scrrlc.alIe mend.

On Sunday, near Eatouton, while
negro bov was riding a horse very
rapidly over q wet bridge the horse
slipped and fell sustaining injuries
that caused his death. The negro WAS
thrown of, but struck ON Lis head
and was thus saved Macon Ga
TELEGRAPH
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-13

The richest men in Russia are two
Swiss brothers, named Noble. They
bought up immense tracts Ci oil lands.
ana now control, ii IS said, more patro-
leum than the Standard OIL Company.
There IS no way OF computing their
wealth, which has been estimated as
high as S4OO.OOO.OOO.